Prerequisites

Modified majors are expected to have a basic understanding of calculus, physics, chemistry, and computer science. First-year students interested in the major should take the placement test in mathematics.

Environmental Sciences Courses (choose 4 courses, including at least 2 from a single department)

Biology

BIOL 21: Population Ecology OR BIOL 51: Advanced Population Ecology (but not both)

BIOL 22: Methods in Ecology

BIOL 25: Introductory Marine Biology and Ecology

BIOL 53: Aquatic Ecology

Chemistry

CHEM 51: Organic Chemistry (permitted only as a prerequisite to CHEM 63)

CHEM 63: Environmental Chemistry

Earth Sciences

EARS 16: Hydrology and Water Resources

EARS 35: The Soil Resource

EARS 65: Remote Sensing

EARS 71: River Processes and Watershed Science

EARS 66: Contaminant Hydrogeology

EARS 76: Advanced Hydrology

Environmental Studies

ENVS 12: Energy and the Environment

ENVS 20: Conservation of Biodiversity

ENVS 25: Ecological Agriculture

ENVS 30: Global Environmental Science

ENVS 53: Science for Sustainable Systems

Culminating Experience

Engineering Sciences majors complete a culminating experience, which is part of a course (either as one of the two electives or as an additional course). Normally taken during the senior year, the course is chosen from the following options: